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Mauricio Pochettino Rips Embarrassing Missed Penalty Call In Gold Cup Final Loss

"I want to tell the truth, " Pochettino said during his post-match press conference. "And the truth was that if that happened in the other box,  for sure it's a penalty. The player a knee on the floor. He pushed the hand over the ball. It's not that the hand was on the floor and the ball touched.""To me it looked like a handball, " Adams said. "I mean Liam Millar Jersey,  when you land on the ball and move the ball towards you,  it's going to be a handball normally."Had the penalty been given,  "maybe it's 2-1 for us,  and maybe we now are celebrating with the trophy, " Pochettino former Chelsea,  PSG and Tottenham Hotspur manager then suggested that the huge pro-Mexican crowd at sold-out NRG Stadium could have factored into the no-call by referee Mario Escobar."For me,  it was embarrassing to see that situationI understand that maybe with 70, 000 people,  giving this penalty is not easy."Still,  it's hard to say that El Tri didn't deserve to win the match against a U.S. squad that was missing as many as eight regular starters,  including headliner Christian Pulisic. Mexico out-shot the hosts 16-6 and controlled 60-percent of possession."If we lose,  we lose. No problem, " Pochettino said. "I am the first to say we need to improve. I am not crying. I'm not saying nothing against Mexico,  nothing. I respect Mexico,  full respect. And I congratulate them."Doug McIntyre is a soccer reporter for FOX Sports who has coveredUnited States men's and women's national teams at FIFA World Cups on five continents. https://www.canadafanstore.com/collecti … let-jersey